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I think a lot of the banter on the “old board” was from folks that all knew each other, either prior to the board, from meeting one another at a bash, or they met at an outdoors show or something. It makes sense that good friends and fishing buddies might flame, mock and/or make fun of one another. However, I think the vast majority of the folks that looked at the board and were not in this “inner circle,” and didn’t get the jokes or the banter, and thought that this place was just full of a bunch of @$$#%!+$. They saw people post, get flamed, mocked and belittled, and were not willing to subject themselves to that kind of abuse.
From what I have seen, that mockery still exists today, but in a much lesser degree, since so few people post here now, and so many of the old instigators are gone. But those do still post are all too often chastised for “improper technique,” taking photos of fish, using a bobicator (or not), returning gear to vendors, WHATEVER. I think that most people don’t think it’s worth their while to post, or even READ what is posted here because they don’t want to face the abuse that they might get from people they don’t even know.
Pointing fingers and assigning blame to “the powers that be” (or whatever name you want to call them) does nothing to help promote the board or it’s future, and I think it will continue to be more of the same if this negativity continues. I’ve been here, albeit, mostly lurking, since the days of Billy, DBaggins, Sierra Kid, BenFishin’, Gollum, Skirt, Sparse Hackle, “Frank,” et al. and I firmly believe that nothing lasts forever, including fly fishing bulletin boards. But sitting around and bemoaning the “good old days” does nothing to help to bring about NEW good days.
My 2 cents (plus a few more)
--Fly Guy Dave
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